Month: April 2011

In our dept we’ve been looking at various ways of making peer and self assessment more meaningful and at the same time helping to speed up the time it takes us to mark students books at KS3. We’ve been experimenting… Continue Reading →

I remember being impressed at a session at an SHP conference a while ago about getting A Level students to ‘read for a purpose’ and what an impact it made on their motivation, their learning and their recall. Recently I’ve… Continue Reading →

A couple of quick body smart ideas when it comes to getting feedback on an issue after a debate or discussion with a class. They both use the principle of the students using their location in the classroom to show… Continue Reading →

This is the final of four posts (for now) looking at various barriers to learning inherent in the current education system. Once upon a time, exams were like currency. They were a short hand for your ability, and they were… Continue Reading →

I recently added two posts on ‘barriers to learning’ – the year group and the timetable . This post and tomorrow’s post will extend that idea to look at two larger scale problems – the nature of the ‘education system’… Continue Reading →

In the comments to this morning’s post, Mel calls me out: All of the activities we create are for the teacher to use at the front of the class – and we are conscious never to make the resource the… Continue Reading →

I’ve been reviewing a lot of so called e-learning resources recently and trying to work out my my gut reaction to them tends to be so negative. Recently, I had a lightbulb moment. The problem is that the authors have… Continue Reading →

This is a post for #addcym discussion tonight. Follow the #addcym hashtag on Twitter for more info. For me, one of the main barriers to teachers sharing on a public forum is fear of breaching copyright. This has been regularly… Continue Reading →

I promised something more practical for my next post, so inspired by last night’s #ukedchat, here are 6 ideas for classroom displays 1. Giant mind map I wanted a way for all my year 12 students to work together to… Continue Reading →